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Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This was a pretty good story, I felt like it could've been better for me. I was surprised that I didn't fall in love with this book, because several people seem to really like this series. I think what it was, is that I am not really a vampire book kind of fan. I loved "Twilight" but I only read it because I said a book club interview with Stephenie Meyer on Border's website when Eclipse was coming out. I bought "Twilight" and it sat on my bedside table for a month probably and then I got bored one day and gave it a try and than became obsessed as most did! But it was more for the love story and Edward and his gentlemen ways.

This book is the typical "bad" vampire book. The humans are the good people. It has a little romance in it but not much.

I will say, it was an okay book and I would like to at some point listen to book two because I did towards the end start caring about the characters. Atleast enough to give the next part of the story a chance. I could see where maybe it will get better.

I listened to this on audio. I wasn't crazy about how the person read the inflections of what people were saying. I think maybe if I had chose this one to read, maybe I would have liked it a little bit more, but I still think the story would be a 3 for me.





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Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Excellent! Don't let this series pass you by. It does not get the attention it deserves. Scott Westerfeld does a brilliant job telling this story. I listened to the audio and it is one of the best audios out there. The voices and accents are amazing! It is as good as Harry Potter audios by Jim Dale.

A MUST READ! :)

I also own the books because there are brilliant drawings throughout the story and the books look very smart sitting on my book shelf!



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The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


I gave this book a 3, but I need to think about it a little while before writting an actual review. I didn't love this book like many others seem to. I never really felt connected to the characters and I felt like the last half of the book was drug out a little too much. I also didn't really like that there was never any explanation as to why Noah and Mara could do what they could do? I realize answers might come on book two. But, this seems like the kind of book where they will learn to control their powers but it is going to be pushed off to being "gifted" with special powers for the better of the universe and I really don't like this sort of thing. I prefer real reasons....but thats just me. Also, I didn't really buy into the GREAT love between them, it just didn't seem real esp. not in a Edward / Bella kinda way that I love. The author never really explained about Noahs past loves??? and reputation?? Was it real or just rumors?

Another question: Did Mara cause the lady at the end to shoot the guy or was she about to but the woman stepped up and did it first???

Okay, so I said I wasn't going to review it but there it is. I didn't hate or dislike this book and I will probably some day read book two when it comes out, but I won't be in line at midnight or in any hurry to rush and read it. It was okay. The story could've been better for me. I think this book got a lot of attention and I expected too much maybe?

Just my opinion....glad others are loving it.



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Black Bird, Vol. 1 by Kanoko Sakurakouji

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I've had this book for a while and hadn't got to it. I am so glad I did. It is a bit racey but I love the story. It is about demons and is a love story.

A must read if you like the graphic novels. It is one that you read backwards to, which is kind of cool when you get used to it.

Kyo........aaahhhhh :)



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Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I loved this sequel! The story was interesting and getting to know a few new characters was great. I love "Ronnie"! His story was awesome.

This is a series I recommend. The main character Jessica can get a little annoying as far as the author focuses a little too much on her thinking the same thoughts ALOT... She thinks the same thoughts over and over. It is understandable with what she is going through, I just don't think I needed to read it so much.

But over all I loved the story and Lucius is right up there with Edward (not quite, LOL - but close!) I would put them in the same category. :)





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Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This series does not get enough attention! I am so glad that I saw a youtube review of the series and decided to listen to the audio as recommended. The audio voice does the accents and makes the story come alive. This has been one of my favorite audios!

This story is amazing and classic. I so hope they do movies of these books! The characters are very lovable and the world is exciting!

So BARKING SPIDERS! Go get this series and read it if you havent, you wont regret it!




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The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. It starts out with Meghan being a prisoner of the Winter Faery Queen and deserted by the Winter Prince, Ash, who she thought loved her. Meghan thought the Iron Fey were defeated but when they steal the scepter from the Winter Court she realizes that the battle isn't finished. With Ashes help they both escape. Their journey to find the scepter takes them through the faery and human world. Once on their journey the action intensifies and Meghan gets help from some surprising characters. The romance between Ash and Meghan develops more in this book and leads to a cliff-hanger ending that left me wanting to read the next book.



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Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This book was awesome! It is the sequel to Nightshade so if you haven't read Nightshade, you might not want to read the rest of this. lol
Calla wakes up in the Searchers lair. The searchers want to form an alliance with the Guardians, but Calla isn't sure she can trust them. But what they are offering would give her a chance to destroy her former masters and save her pack and maybe Ren. Saving Shay is what got her to the Searchers. What would her life be like if she could make her own choices? Not have to take orders from the Keepers any longer? This book has lots of action and surprises. It is a page-turner. I can't wait for Bloodrose. I need it like yesterday! lol



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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This is a fantastic story! It is unlike any story I have ever read. It is a steampunk novel. It is an exciting adventure. I listened to the audio, which I would actually recommend! This is my first experience reading a Scott Westerfeld book and he does an unbelievable job of making two very different characters from two very different upbringings and worlds. The characters are both so lovable in their own way and the audio voice amplified that even more. There are many little funny parts where the two characters are interacting and are so different. Alec is so sweet and innocent and really sees the world in black and white and I just love him so much that I want to reach through the book and give him a big bear hug! Deryn who is pretending to be a boy so that she can be in the royal army is so daring and ballsy and she says exactly what is on her mind that I just wanted to jump through the book and be her BFF!

I am sooooo glad I found this book and I can't wait until I get my hands book two!

I think all ages would enjoy this book. If you enjoy fast paced adventure, steampunk, humor, mystery and suspense, and history check this book out!



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Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Hmmm.........What do I say about this book???
I liked it at times
I wanted it to be over at times
I giggled at times
One word to sum up this book to me would be, silliness! Not that that is a bad thing but the word silly is what first pops into my mind when thinking of this book.

I love the cover, in fact it is what drew up to the book.

I do think that if I actually read this book, I would've quit on it and not made it through. But, I listened to the audio which was entertaining. Libba Bray herself does the audio, she does all the voices and she is fantastic at them!

My favorite character was Miss Texas, but she is missing for the better half of the last part.

It wasn't what I expected. This is a great story idea and I wish it would've been on a more serious note. So it wasn't that the writing was bad, it just isn't my style. I would have rather it have been a little more "real" instead of so out there. It has "commercial breaks" and even though they were ridiculous and made up products, I HATE commercials, so I didn't like that part of the book at all.

I gave this book a 3, because I liked it okay. It wasn't so bad, that I was thinking I wasted my time, but it wasn't a book that I will talk a lot about and/or recommend.

Shocking thing is, I read the "Gemma Doyle" series and I can't believe that those books were written by the same author. It is night and day, like maybe she took drugs while writing this book! lol

Final thought: If you want and/or really enjoy goofy, silly "out-there" kind of stories with no real meat to them, this would be for you. But otherwise, you will probably not enjoy it.



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The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


WOW! This was another great book by Julie Kagawa. It is so awesome that the author had not intended to write this originally but decided to largely due to us Team Ash fans! Very cool...

This book has lots of adventure, action, drama, hope, love, romance, funny bits. Your heart will break and rejoice at different periods of this book.

This "Iron Fey" series is a world that I love to be in and I love being with the characters. I wanted to know how the book would end but didn't want the book to end. LOL For me, there are a handful or less of books that even on those slower times in the book or when the characters are in some "downtime", I don't mind because I just love to be with the characters and surrounded by their world. This is one of those books.

Without giving spoilers, this is Ash's journey. You get to be with Ash the WHOLE book which is amazing! It is from his perspective. But there is plenty of Puck time and my favorite cat, Grimalkin. I am always so sad when Grimalkin disappears, but it is funny because it is always when dangers is coming. He reminds me so much of the cat on Alice in wonderland and I just want to give him a hug, which he would probably hate! lol

Overall, 5 star book.......5 star series! A MUST READ :)



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The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I went ahead and rated this guide even though I have not read it entirely through. It is packed with info and someday I hope to read it all, but the "new" stuff is mainly about the history of the Volturi and all the Vampires that the Cullens meet through the book series. I am not really interested in their story right now for some reason. There are some extras, like little side stories that are really good, but I had already read them on Stephanie's website. I was hoping there would be more of that type thing.



BUT, I give the book a 5 because it is a big beautiful colorful book. It has many pictures throughout the book, showing you what the characters really should look like. If you have the Twilight graphic novels than you have seen the gorgeous Edward of course. But it has Renessmee who is just adorable! A really cool thing is it shows what the wedding dress that Stephanie described for Bella really looks like. The really awesome thing to see is that the Breaking Dawn, part 1 movie had that very dress, it designed very close to S.Meyer's vision.



A really great part of the book for me, other than staring at how flawless and beautiful Edward is (lol) is that the playlists that Stephanie did for each book is listed and even better, she can read the quote or the part of the book that she was writing while listening to that song. I really love her playlists and they do fit with her books so well. I wish the movies would've used her songs that she picked for the series, that would have rocked!



So, I recommend this to ALL Twilight addicts! Enjoy :)



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Nightshade by Andrea Cremer

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This book would be a 3.5 if I could give a half point! lol

This book was really wierd for me...I LOVE the cover of the book and Angie loves this series, so I finally listened to the audio. I was really enjoying it up until about half way through the book and then I just kinda lost interest. I am not sure what it was. I am thinking it has something to do with I don't really like the main character and her choices, (in actions, and in love interest).

Also though, the writing seemed a little "over the top" at times. I am not sure whether this is the way the audio voice read it and made it seems too dramatic or if it was the writing, but I am gearing towards it was the writing. The author uses lots of adjectives to describe things and it just seemed too gushy sometimes to me.

I did really like the pacing of the book though. I hate when a book has a character questioning the whole book and then the last few chapters fill you in with answers. This book did not do that, the author filled you in at a really good pace and left some things unanswered for book two.

This was a story and a world that I really just wanted to know how it was going to end and get out of.

I think overall, this got a 3 and it is not going to be a favorite series of mine, it mostly because I do not like books about wolves and even though they call themselves guardians, they are wolves.

I should do a vid on our "yafictionfreaks" youtube channel that explains why I don't like wolves! lol





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Savor by Megan Duncan




This cover is soooo cool! The red is amazing. The cover is what drew me to read what the book is about and it seems like it would be cool too! It's only 99 cents on Kindle right now! yay :)



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Airhead by Meg Cabot

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I really enjoyed this book. This is my second Meg Cabot book. There is a book two "Being Nikki" and a book three "Runaway" that I am really looking forward to reading. I am finding that I really like Meg Cabot's stories! I always that her books were really girly chick-lit but I was so wrong. the covers to her books, although I do like them, are misleading as to what the book is really focused on. This one has mystery , suspense and a whole fantasy type element to it that I really enjoyed.

I plan to read plenty more of her books. I can't really say very much at all about this book without giving spoilers, so just trust me and go read it! lol

I have never read this kind of story, so it is fresh, new and interesting.

On to book two! :)



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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Hmmmm.........this book was really hard to rate. The writing was very descriptive and beautiful. The magic and fantasy were very dream-like and vivid to picture in your mind. I enjoyed the first half of the book, but then it got very confusing. I couldn't keep up with who was who and I don't know that I fully grasped the whole concept of this book.

It just seemed "over my head" in the second half of the book. Things happen that I didn't understand and I don't know that the author gave answers for things that happened.

I listened to the audio which was a delight to listen to because it is performed by Jim Dale, who also performed all the Harry Potter audios. He does a fantastic job at really bringing the characters personalities into the audio.

I am not sure I would have continued with this book if I had been reading it, because I was so confused, but I stuck with Jim Dale. LOL

So again, writing was great, story was confusing. It almost seemed to me like the author had this great story and didn't really know how to end it? I also felt as if the story was so "fantasical" that I couldn't completely grasp it?

I am glad that I got through it. I wonder if anyone else had my experience? Not sure whether to recommend? I told my sister about it, but then went back and told her to read at her own risk, because I had gotten so confused. Maybe she will read it and explain it to me....lol



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The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Great book. Just as good as the first book "Life as we knew it" except I think maybe a little bit better. This one is from a guys perspective and how he and his family tries to survive. They are living in New York.



This is a very good series that stays on your mind and really makes you think about what you would do and would you be able to make some of the choices that these people make?



Looking forward to book three...



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Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I enjoyed this book. It freaks you out a bit. Because it is about surviving in a world with natural disasters, low food supplies, etc. You will want to run out and buy an enormous amount of tuna and canned meat and veggies! lol



This is book one. Book two is called: The Dead and the Gone. It is a companion book of another family trying to survive. Then there is a book three. (havent read three yet, but plan to)



This book does have a few slow parts, but it is written as a diary and overall pretty interesting and you really want to know the outcome. This is one of those books that really gets you thinking and lingers on your mind way after you read it.



For anyone who likes the "end of the world" type books, its a must read!



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Abandon by Meg Cabot

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


This was my first time reading a book written by Meg Cabot and I LOVED it! :) It is an amazing read! This book drew me in from the first few pages. I have not picked any of her books up, because I always thought that her books were "chick-lit" which is not one of my favorite genre's. I do love the "Princess Diaries" stories but have only watched the movies.

Now, I am wanting to read EVERYTHING that Meg (yes, we are on a first name basis, lol, (not really)has written because I enjoyed this book so much. She says that what sparked the idea for this story was her fascination of Persephone and Hades. I also have always liked their story/myth. So knowing that and seeing this book cover I just couldn't resist reading this book. I had picked it up several times, either in book stores or looked at it on my Kindle or Amazon online. The cover always drew me in. I finally saw it at the library and decided to check it out (literally, lol) and I told myself.......I said , "Self....just read a few pages and see if u like it, if not take it back to the library." and I answered myself and said "Okay! I will do it."

So......I read the first page, the second , the third.........then the first chapter, the second, the third..........and then I just couldn't stop. I had to know what in the heck would happen to Pierce and how the underworld would effect her.

I have read on reviews that some people say it had slow parts. WHAT????? I just don't get that. Because I work a full time job and have a family to take care of, it usually takes me a while to read any book unless I am in love with it and even then sometimes it will take a while. BUT, this book, I started on Friday and was finished by Monday! I even took it to an amusement park on Sunday and read every time I was waiting on someone to get on or off a ride.

Also, I have read that some people think it is confusing. I kinda do get that. Because there are things that the reader doesn't understand in the beginning and of course the underworld is a new concept. But the author guides you along and you continue to find out what is happening throughout the book.

I will say the only negative (little bit) that I will say, is that it took me a little while, maybe a quarter of the book to half, to settle into Meg Cabot's writing style. Again, I havent read anything else of hers YET! But, she tends to write long sentences with thoughts popped into the middle of them. You get used to it, but sometimes I had to go back and read the original start of the sentence.

I was so happy to know that this is going to be a series and book two "Underworld" will be out summer of 2012! yay :) Meanwhile, I am reading "Airhead" by Meg Cabot (On chapter 5 and liking so far) and I just received "Insatiable" (her adult series) on my Kindle from the library. She has written so many books, I will be plenty busy until "underworld" gets here. I think I am going to read the whole "Princess Diaries" series too!

Love MEG CABOT! Go GET THIS BOOK! You won't regret it :)

Oh, and very clean.......this book can be read by younger teens, older teens, and anyone young at heart :)



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